Microsoft touched upon some of the independent offerings coming to Xbox One through its ID@Xbox incentive. Along with Ori and the Blind Forest getting a release date, the firm announced one million-seller Goat Simulator and other indie favorites are heading to the console during gamescom.

Remember when Microsoft said that every Xbox One unit can be used as a development kit? Well, they’ve apparently made a u-turn on that one too, although a later update has muddied the waters considerably.

One of the first ID@Xbox titles has arrived. Nutjitsu is a retro-style Ninja adventure starring squirrels, and can be run like any other app, so you can play it while you play something else. Why would you do that? Because sometimes multiplayer lobby wait times can drive you – wait for it!- nuts.

Grave, not to be confused with the game Portico from Canabalt creator Adam Saltsman, will be released on Xbox One as well as Linux, Mac, Oculus Rift and PC in 2015, Destructoid has confirmed. The open-world, surrealist survival horror experience where light is your only weapon, is currently on Kickstarter and has 15 days left […]

Xbox One’s indie scheme ID@Xbox has yet to launch, but Microsoft’s head of Xbox Phil Spencer has stressed that while he’s impressed by Sony’s approach to PS4 indies so far, that gamers will see the benefits of the initiative once it launches.

Microsoft’s newly-appointed Xbox boss Phil Spencer has been talking with fans on Twitter about how he feels VR is not a fad, contrary to comments made by Xbox co-founder Ed Fries, who recently stated that the concept doesn’t have mass appeal.